Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is no reason why we should not be the best . |
| 2 | Jumping to the conclusion that the biggest must therefore be the best could be a mistake . |
| 3 | For an unintelligible speaker to learn to speak intelligibly , it may not be the best training , and certainly it is not the only training , to send him to the pulpit of Boston parish church . |
| 4 | But lending directly to private businesses may not be the best way to help them . |
| 5 | No doubt many , probably a majority , of the cases of non-gonococcal urethritis are due to infectious organisms , but there remains a hard core of cases from which no pathogenic germs can be isolated and for which it is just conceivable that antibiotic treatment may not be the best therapy . |
| 6 | These may not be the best of times for the venture capital industry , but they are far from disastrous . |
| 7 | Step irons , such as you find in deeper manholes , save space and a lot of digging , but may not be the best option in later years . |
| 8 | They may not be the best of friends , but between them they can quite well be left in charge of Harry and Hillmarden for a few days . ’ |
| 9 | Children go through various stages of obedience and disobedience as they develop and parents need to be aware that direct confrontation may not be the best method of handling the situation . |
| 10 | so that even if we get a young person coming out of the workshops that may not be the best electrician going , we can find them something in a related area — an electrical warehouse , where their knowledge of the bits that they know will be put to good use and they 'll still be in that environment they want to work in . |
| 11 | In so far as the letters make statements about what is happening in the territory of some foreign state , such letters may not be the best evidence ; but as regards the question whether Her Majesty 's Government has dealings with the foreign government it will almost certainly be the best and only conclusive evidence of that fact . |
| 12 | The inventor may not be the best man to develop and manufacture the product . |
| 13 | Using online databases may not be the best method for assessing research activity . |
| 14 | The ride down Northern Boulevard from La Guardia airport to the Queensboro bridge may not be the best way to see New York for the first time although Maxim caught glimpses of its towers jolting towards them over the grey horizon . |
| 15 | While it is valuable to show your awareness of complexities in the words through which we conceptualise , scare quotes may not be the best way of doing so . |
| 16 | Now that may not be the best way to have structured it , but some of the checks that we 're imposing at the moment are not necessary to put on paper . |
| 17 | There are so many on the market that many horse owners tend to use the cheapest supplement they can find , but this may not be the best . |
| 18 | I really enjoyed experimenting with the Utopia , although I would argue that while one company 's products are undoubtedly the most compatible from the technical standpoint they might not be the best combination for sound — something hi-fi buffs have known for years . |
| 19 | RANGERS might not be the best side in the European Cup , but there is no doubt they possess the will to win the competition . |
| 20 | Billy Boyle might not be the best manager of people , but that is a " management development " issue , not one of personality . |
| 21 | Often the cheapest offer might not be the best deal . |
| 22 | If there are already five or six firms of solicitors in your town with well-established reputations for traffic work it might not be the best idea to pursue that when trying to increase your market share . |
| 23 | But might not be the best thing because if for any reason the buyer says that they did n't they 're not going to pay |
| 24 | If a household chose only between the rubbish bin and recycling , Mr Fullerton points out , then a pay-to-throw scheme might indeed be the best way to capture the external costs that household rubbish imposes on the rest of society . |
| 25 | But it could just be the best way to get a balanced view about the future of the planet is to ask some of the remarkably well-informed people who 'll be left with the task of clearing up our mess . |
| 26 | ‘ This could easily be the best season he 's had for us . ’ |
| 27 | Should the current recession or events in the Gulf turn truly nasty , selling stock short could also be the best way to make money in 1991 . |
| 28 | They may well be the best , or only currently available method of satisfying some needs on some occasions , but of course no method is inherently good in every situation . |
| 29 | However , when the market is sharp and clear and there is a need for very strong , talented individuals to fill the position , when the client is looking for someone with outstanding ability to run the business or to be a senior director , then talking to a headhunter may well be the best first step . |
| 30 | What you have seen today may well be the best lesson you will ever learn of the difficulties facing us in the outside world . |